Simulator Support

The Intel® Quartus® Prime software supports specific EDA simulator versions for RTL and gate-level simulation.
Table 1. Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Supported Simulators
Vendor Simulator Version Platform Supports

Siemens EDA

Verification IP
Aldec Active-HDL® 11.1 Windows® 64-bit No
Aldec Riviera-PRO® 2021.04 Windows, Linux, 64-bit No
Cadence Xcelium™ Parallel Simulator 20.09 Linux 64-bit Yes
Intel Questa®-Intel® FPGA Edition 2021.2 Windows, Linux, 64-bit Yes
Siemens EDA Questa® Simulator1 2021.2 Windows, Linux, 64-bit Yes
Synopsys® VCS®, VCS MX 2020.12-SP1-1 Linux 64-bit Yes
1 Also supports ModelSim® SE, Questa® Advanced, Core, Prime, Ultra, and QuestaSim variants.